Main Street Brewery Bobs Old Woody

Brewed by Main Street Brewery (Corona, CA)
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Corona, California USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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(Draught) Pours a hazy yellow body with a small white head. Aroma of vanilla, caramel, nuts, earthiness, and barnyard. Flavor of oak, sour citrus, toffee, and caramel.

Tap at California State Fair. They said it was over 2 years in the wood. Pours hazy dark gold with a huge creamy off-white head. Sour aroma. Medium plus body with coarse carbonation. Flavor is sour, oak and something like vanilla? Lambic fits this one.

Sample from the "back" from Bob himself. Been aging in a 20 gallon barrel for 5+ years, he just keeps topping the barrel off when he drains some out. Poured somewhat of a straw color with light green tinge. Great aroma, slight sourness, very good aroma. Dry taste, with a little sourness in there, not overwhelming or puckering, but quite excellent.

GABF 2008. hmnn. I’m up for almost anything sour, but "Bob’s Old Woody" was a bit disturbing for a name. Thankfully, the beer was good enough to keep drinking. A dark amber color with a nice sour oak aroma. An interesting, if unintended sour butterscotch (diacytl?) flavor. Strong oak and vanilla in there as well.

On tap at the 2007 GABF: Clear pale golden with a thin ring of white head. Aroma of complex oak and lightly sweet Belgian malt and mild diacetyl. Body starts with some earthy sweet caramel and a lot of buttery popcorn flavor. Diacetyl detracts somewhat from an otherwise nicely-balanced and complex brew.

On tap @ 2007 GABF poured a hazy gold with a small lasting white head. Aromas of barnyard, citrus, oak, light carmel and a hint of spice. Palate was light bodied crisp and tart. Flavors of vanilla, barnyard funk, citrus, oak and a hint of spice with a crisp lingering tart finish.